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Zahili Gonzalez Zamora: Overcoming

Read "Overcoming" reviewed by Andy Crowther

by Andy Crowther

Zahili Zamora's journey from Cuba to Boston via Southeast Asia is reflected in her aptly titled five-track album, Overcoming. A pianist, composer and now educator, she tackles her fears and difficult life experiences head-on in the work, through sound, emotion and rhythm. At 22 Zamora was in a high-calibre all-female band that toured often ...

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Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals

Read "Songs for Stuffed Animals" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci

Ok, admittedly, the title is not going to attract many rational listeners. As one understands, the Songs for Stuffed Animals is explained by a band performing tunes for stuffed animals that accompany children during a busy day. Ok. That may well be the case, but the local stuffed animals are not saying. There are quite a ...

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Lettuce: Lettuce with the Colorado Symphony

Read "Lettuce with the Colorado Symphony" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner

Over three decades, the Boston-born funk band Lettuce has delighted audiences worldwide and amassed a discography boasting eight studio albums and three live albums. They have shared members and concerts with the prolific jazz/funk trio Soulive, hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart with 2015's Crush (Lettuce Records), and been nominated for the Instrumental Album of ...

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William Hill III: Keep it Movin'

Read "Keep it Movin'" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

The story surrounding the young Detroit pianist William Hill III reads like many in today's jazz world--raised in the fertile ground of a dynamic local jazz scene and then on to New York to pursue the music. This is the case even when that local scene is one of the most prolific in the history of ...

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Dimitris Zafeirelis: Dimitris Zafeirelis & Giorgos Gavalez Duo Jazz Parafono 1997

Read "Dimitris Zafeirelis & Giorgos Gavalez Duo Jazz Parafono 1997" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn

Dimitris Zafeirelis has enjoyed well-earned acclaim in his hometown of Athens as one of the foremost guitarists, jazz composers and musical innovators his country has to offer. He has been active for at least half a century, playing everything from bop, fusion, classical, operetta and rock, all with that distinct national flavor and unrelenting style which ...

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Bob Dee's Cosmosis: New Moon

Read "New Moon" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Bob Dee's Cosmosis releases New Moon as an instrumental album that explores modern creative jazz with soulful undertones. Led by guitarist and composer Bob Dee, the project features seven tracks that blend exploratory melodies with rhythmic depth, displaying the group's considerable technical abilities. The opener “Prajñā," sets a radiant tone with John Isley's luscious ...

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Joseph Nowell: Themes and Variations

Read "Themes and Variations" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni

by Marco Iacoboni

In un panorama jazzistico spesso dominato da formazioni complesse, l'album per pianoforte solo di Joseph Nowell emerge come un'opera di raffinata intimità e profonda introspezione. Lontano dal virtuosismo fine a se stesso, questo lavoro si rivela un'esplorazione meticolosa del suono e della struttura, in un dialogo continuo tra composizione e improvvisazione. Pubblicato inizialmente in ...

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Bruce Gertz: Octopus Dreams

Read "Octopus Dreams" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Veteran bassist and composer Bruce Gertz, who has more than 20 albums under his belt in a career spanning more than half a century, wrote and arranged every number on his latest recording, Octopus Dreams, wherein his skills in every realm are essential to its outcome. As a bassist, Gertz is sharp and ...

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Album: The Unburdening
By William Carn
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:58

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Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight

Read "Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight" reviewed by Andrew Hunter

by Andrew Hunter

Fellow Creatures is the band that bassist Jasper Høiby has assembled around himself and they are clearly a talented bunch. They would have to be, to revisit material from Høiby's previous band, Phronesis. That trio of Høiby, Anton Eger and Ivo Neame were almost hyperbolically highly regarded. A quick internet search will show how well reviewed ...


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